Thursday, February 26, 2015

Hillary Clinton wants to run as the candidate with girly parts...

After a relatively quiet public schedule this year, Mrs.
Clinton planned to deliver a paid speech at a women’s conference in
Silicon Valley on Tuesday—the first in a series of addresses in the
coming weeks focused on women. Ever since the birth of Charlotte Clinton
Mezvinsky, in September, Mrs. Clinton has infused her public comments
with references to being a new grandmother.
And some of her longest-serving advisers are open about their
intention not to repeat what they see as one of their most crucial
mistakes from the 2008 primaries. Ann Lewis, a senior adviser in that
race, called the decision not to accentuate Mrs. Clinton’s gender—which
ceded the mantle of barrier-breaker entirely to Barack Obama—the
“biggest missed opportunity” of that primary contest. “It was not a
major theme of the campaign,” Ms. Lewis said.
“I think she clearly understands this time the significance of having
a woman president of the United States,” said Gov. Terry McAuliffe of
Virginia, who served as Mrs. Clinton’s campaign chairman in 2008. He
added that Mrs. Clinton’s gender was “a tremendous asset.”
The decision to run more emphatically as a female candidate is rooted
in a strategic assessment of the demands of this campaign and of a
changing country. With Republicans determined to portray Mrs. Clinton as
an aging relic—she will turn 69 just before Election Day next year—her
supporters believe her campaign offers a powerful rejoinder to the
charge that she does not represent change.